[{"word":"halving","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To reduce to half the original amount.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To divide into two halves.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To make up half of.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To join two pieces of timber etc. by cutting away each for half its thickness at the joining place, and fitting together.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"In match play, to achieve a tie or draw on.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"to halve a hole or a match"}],"synonyms":["dichotomize","dimidiate"],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The process or instance of dividing in half.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"There are several recursion theorems for large sets, such that a single new halving results in several new infinite families of halvings."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/halve","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/halving"]}]